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Sunday Recipe – The Best Family Fruit Cake
Posted By Laura in Family Recipes, In the Home, Review | 5 comments
There are times when nothing will quite do but a bit of comfort baking (oh yes, we know for a fact half the nation is at it on a Sunday). And when I’m having one of *those* days weeks, there’s one recipe I head to first. It’s an old one from the classic Dairy Diary Book of Home Cookery – a recipe book which every kitchen should contain. I remember my Mum regularly using the original 1968 version, I received a copy of the 1992 version as a wedding present, and this recipe is still in the latest 2011 edition.
Dead simple to throw together, no fancy schmancy ingredients I don’t already have in the cupboard (totally essential for Lazy Sunday Baking), and it’s unfailingly delicious. So if, like us, you’ve had a bit of a stressful one this week, fret no longer. Throw the ingredients in a bowl, mix em up, and let the magic sprinkle through your house as it cooks (does anything actually beat the smell of a fruit cake baking?). And honestly – one slice of this, still warm, with a scalding hot mug of tea, and the world will just seem that bit brighter. I promise.
Serves 8 (but it’s go-o-o-od, so I often double the ingredients and bake a big one which can last more than one day for my family)
Takes 20 mins to prep, 1h 15 mins to bake.
Oven – 180ºC / 170ºC Fan / 350ºF / GM 4
What You Need:
225g (8oz) SR flour
100g (4oz) butter
100g (4oz) caster sugar, plus extra for sprinkling.
100g (4oz) raisins or sultanas
(optional) 5ml (1tsp) grated lemon rind (if I have no lemons, I use 1tbs lemon curd instead which makes a wonderfully moist cake)
1 egg
75ml (5 tbs) milk
What you Do:
- Prep a 15cm (6inch) round cake tin or a 450g (1lb) loaf tin by greasing and lining.
- Sift flour into a bowl
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4. Add sugar, fruit & lemon rind, and lemon curd if using (do if you have some, makes it sticky-moist and lush)
5. Mix using a metal spoon with egg and milk, do not beat, until evenly combined.
- Sprinkle top with a little extra sugar if you like a crunchy topping.
8. Bake for 1 1/4 hours, or until a skewer comes out clean (Fan ovens check it just after an hour).
- Leave in tin for 5 minutes, then turn out onto cooling rack.
Cutting when hot will cause it to fall apart - restrain yourself until it is only slightly warm if at all possible.
- Stores in an airtight container for a few days. If, you know, it got the chance.
(Baked using the Silicone Oblong Cake Pan from Lakeland, which as you can see did a MARVELLOUS job!)
Author: Laura
A 70's child, I’ve been married for a Very Long Time, and appear to have made four children, and collected one large and useless dog along the way.I work, I have four children, I have a dog… ergo, I do not do dusting or ironing.I began LittleStuff back in (gulp) 2004.I like huge mugs of tea. And Coffee. And Cake. And a steaming cone of crispy fresh fluffy chips, smothered in salt and vinegar. #healthyeaterWhen I grow up I am going to be quietly graceful, organised and wear lipstick every day. In the meantime I *may* have a slight butterfly-brain issue.
(@littlestuff) (@littlestuff)
25 March 2012
Anyone fancy some comfort baking? http://t.co/DJC6jtdc
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Jayne
25 March 2012
DAMN THIS DIET! I may be taking a day off and baking one of these, I’m already dreaming of a slice of it with a cuppa this evening.
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Zoe
25 March 2012
Yummy, fruit cake is my favourite :) I have my grandmothers recipe which I always use & it tastes delicious with a mug of tea!
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Laura
25 March 2012
It’s funny how we have our firm favourite recipes we always fall back on, isn’t it?
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(@littlestuff) (@littlestuff)
25 March 2012
Sunday Recipe – The Best Family Fruit Loaf http://t.co/cOL1klM1
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